Your Digital Collection Really Doesn't Matter

Came across an interesting article about how you can't pass your digital music collection down to your kids.

From the Article

Passing your iTunes collection down to your kids isnít the modern day equivalent to your dad passing his vinyl collection down to you. Once you take away the physical element, there is no sense of nostalgia inherent to that file itself. While there may be many a memory associated with a specific album or song, any copy-of-a-copy-of-a-copy that you hand down holds no more sentimental value than a copy of that same song sitting on YouTube. Youíre not giving them something of yours, but a distant manifestation of something you paid for.

That's why I'm building up a vinyl collection right now! Actually, that's not really why, but it's a great excuse. Plus, I still have a hell of a CD collection, too. I hope to inherit my father's vinyl collection someday. It's not much, but there are a few gems and some fond memories.

That said, she gave me her collection years ago (parents no longer have a record player) Full, original Queen back catalogue, some Zepplin, Roxy Music and other great 80's pop. Then my dad gave me his John Denver, Enya and other slightly less 'mainstream' (for lack of a better word) artists. All of them are just fantastic